"TECH Dozens" -- HBCUs' Sunday Magazine -- Week Ending 7/26/14

Last updated: Sunday 7/27/14 @ 1:37 pm

This week's cover = graphic from a TechCrunch tweet about Facebook's Huge Profits


... Other top stories include ==> Apple's Huge Profits ... Most STEM Grads Do Not Pursue STEM Careers ... FAMU Receives Major Grants for Robotics, Materials Research, and Pharmacy ... Competency-Based Education Gets a Boost ... and BlackGirlsCode Workshops in Memphis and Miami

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and related issues ... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday mm/dd/yy @ 12:00 noon ... in reverse chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Events

"TECH Dozens" -- HBCUs' Sunday Magazine -- Week Ending 7/19/14

 Last updated: Sunday 7/20/14 @ 2:05 pm

Cover = photo from tweet about partnership between Apple and IBM ... other top stories include Microsoft cutting 18,000 jobs, Google's efforts to attract developers, and notes by participants about recent hackathons in the Hackers section

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and related issues ... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 7/19/14 @ 12:00 noon ... in reverse chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Events

CODE2040's Second Annual Hack4Diversity Hackathon ... San Francisco ... 7/11/14 to 7/13/14

Last update: Sunday 7/3/14 @ 5:38 pm

From Friday 7/11/14 to Sunday 7/13/14, CODE2040 conducted a hackathon in San Francisco whose theme was "Closing the Gap." The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the hashtag "#hash3diversity" and/or the handle "@code2040." The tweets were assembled in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event. This temporary overview will be replaced by a link to the official overview when it is posted on the CODE2040 Website ... After the hackathon, one of the judges from the Kapor Center shared some insights 

"TECH Dozens" -- HBCUs' Sunday Magazine -- Week Ending 7/12/14

Last updated: Sunday 7/13/14 @ 5:54 pm

This week's cover = Photo from a tweet from the BlackGirlsCode Mobile App Development Workshop in Chicago ... Other top stories include the Digital Learning Lab's  report HBCUs -- Online and Blended Degree Programs -- 2014 ... CODE2040's Hack for Diversity Hackathon in San Francisco ... and the upcoming hackathons and workshops listed in the "Tech Calendar" section.

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and related issues ... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 7/12/14 @ 12:00 noon ... in reverse chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Events

BlackGirlsCode Mobile App Development Workshop -- Chicago -- Saturday 7/12/14

Last update: Saturday 7/12/14 @ 9:19 pm

On Saturday 7/12/14, BlackGirlsCode.Com conducted a workshop in Chicago that taught participants how to develop mobile apps. The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets related to this event that mentioned a number of handles and hashtags (see description below). The tweets were arranged in chronological order, from start to finish, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event. This temporary overview will be replaced by a link to the official overview when it is posted on the BlackGirlsCode.Com Website

HBCUs -- Online and Blended Degree Programs -- 2014

Last update: Thursday 7/10/14 @ 10:13 pm

The 2014 edition of the Digital Learning Lab's overview of the state of online and blended degree programs offered by HBCUs is as concise as its 2013 report because all pages are once again on the DLL's HBCU-Levers blog site, rather than in separate PDF files; the tables and charts have been formatted for display on the blog; and the directories that contain most of the report’s underlying data are located in previously published notes on this blog.

A. Introduction | B. Definitions | C. Directories | D. Tables

DLL Storify of YesWeCode Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #4 of 4 -- Sunday 7/6/14

Last update: Wednesday 7/9/14 @ 11:56 pm 

On Sunday 7/6/14 YesWeCode conducted the fourth day of its 4-day hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtags #YWCHack or #YesWeCode in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event.  

The DLL's temporary overview is hereby replaced by the following link to Qeyno Lab's official Storify found ==> HERE

"TECH Dozens" -- HBCUs' Sunday Magazine -- Week Ending 7/5/14

 Last updated: Sunday 7/6/14 @ 1:41 pm

This week's cover = Photo from tweet during YesWeCode hackathon in New Orleans, LA (NOLA) 

... other top stories = BlackGirlsCode Hackathon in NOLA
 

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and related issues ... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 7/5/14 @ 12:00 noon ... in reverse chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Events

YesWeCode Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #3 of 4 -- Saturday 7/5/14

Last update: Wednesday 7/9/14 @ 11:56 pm 

On Sunday 7/6/14 YesWeCode conducted the fourth day of its 4-day hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtags #YWCHack or #YesWeCode in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event.  

The DLL's temporary overview is hereby replaced by the following link to Qeyno Lab's official Storify found ==> HERE

YesWeCode Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #2 of 4 -- Friday 7/4/14

Last update: Wednesday 7/9/14 @ 11:56 pm 

On Sunday 7/6/14 YesWeCode conducted the fourth day of its 4-day hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtags #YWCHack or #YesWeCode in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event.  

The DLL's temporary overview is hereby replaced by the following link to Qeyno Lab's official Storify found ==> HERE

YesWeCode Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #1 of 4-- Thursday 7/3/14

Last update: Wednesday 7/9/14 @ 11:56 pm 

On Sunday 7/6/14 YesWeCode conducted the fourth day of its 4-day hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtags #YWCHack or #YesWeCode in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event.  

The DLL's temporary overview is hereby replaced by the following link to Qeyno Lab's official Storify found ==> HERE

Black Girls Code Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #2 of 2 -- Thursday 7/3/14

Last update: Friday 7/4/14 @ 1:11 am

On Thursday 7/3/14 BlackGirlsCode.Com conducted the second day of its two-day "Love is Respect" hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtag #loveisrespectNOLA in chronological order, thereby creating a temporary overview of this event. This temporary overview will be replaced by a link to the official overview when it is posted on the BlackGirlsCode.Com Website ... The DLL's temporary overview of Day #1 can be found HERE

Black Girls Code Hackathon in NOLA -- Day #1 of 2-- Wednesday 7/2/14

Last update: Thursday 7/3/14 @ 9:58 am

On Wednesday 7/2/14 BlackGirlsCode.Com conducted the first day of its two-day "Love is Respect" hackathon at the Essence Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). The DLL used Storify to organize the tweets that mentioned the Twitter hashtag #BGCHackathon in chronological order.  ... The DLL's Storify of Day #2 can be found HERE